Score: UC Davis 9, UC San Diego 8
Winning Pitcher: Carter Delaney (2-2)
Save: Rowen Barnes (1)
Losing Pitcher: Sam Hasegawa (3-4)
Location: La Jolla, Calif.
Records: UC Davis 23-26 (10-15), UC San Diego 24-22 (13-12)
The short story: UC Davis and UC San Diego traded leads all night before the Aggies plated two ninth-inning runs, then survived a bases-loaded threat in the bottom half to secure a 9-8 victory Friday at Triton Ballpark.
FIRST PITCH
- Nick Leehey's two-run homer and Ryan Lee's clutch hitting powered the offense, while Rowen Barnes escaped a no-out, bases-loaded situation to preserve the win
- Carter Delaney earned the win to improve to 2-2 on the season
- Barnes recorded his first save of the year with a scoreless ninth
- Leehey went 3-for-5 with a home run, double and two RBIs—his team-leading fifth homer
- Ryan Lee delivered the game-winning two-run single in the ninth, finishing 3-for-4 with two RBIs
- Braydon Wooldridge also added three hits on the night, going 3-for-5, with two runs scored
- The Aggies' four-run fifth inning was the highest-scoring frame of the night
- Four Aggies recorded multi-hit games
- UC Davis out-hit UCSD 14-12
- The Aggies hit .417 (5-for-12) with runners in scoring position compared to UCSD who went 2-for-12 (.167)
- UCSD's J.C. Allen went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After trailing 1-0, UC Davis took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Jason Hanson's RBI single and a Tritons fielding error
- UCSD rallied for two runs in the bottom half to reclaim a 3-2 lead
- The Aggies responded with a four-run fifth, highlighted by Leehey's two-run blast to make it 6-3
- UCSD narrowed the gap to 6-5 before UC Davis extended the lead 7-5 in the seventh after an RBI single from Mark Wolbert
- The Tritons would add a run in the seventh in response to Wolbert's single, and Allen's game-tying homer in the eighth evened things up at 7-7
- In the ninth, Lee's two-run single to right field scored Wooldridge and Riley Acosta, bringing the score to 9-7 in favor of UC Davis
- UCSD loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half, but the clutch Barnes entered and limited the damage to one run (via balk) before sealing the win
UP NEXT: UC Davis looks to carry Friday's momentum into Saturday's 2 p.m. game at Triton Ballpark.
